Lahore: While the government is making claims of austerity on the one hand, three vehicles worth five crore rupees were bought for a provincial minister of Punjab.
There have been reports of buying three new vehicles for Sardar Ramesh Singh, Provincial Minister for Minority Affairs and Pradhan of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. More than five crore rupees have been withdrawn from the bank account of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee through three different transactions for the purchase of vehicles.
According to the evidence available to Express News, the first transaction was made for Rs. 3 crore 36 lakh 99 thousand, the second transaction was for Rs.
Sources said that in the meeting of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in Islamabad on April 3, proposals were made to buy new vehicles and to hand over an abandoned Waqf Property Board’s house in Zaman Park Lahore to the Parbandhak Committee, which was rejected by the chairman of the board. However, in spite of this, huge amount of money has been withdrawn from the bank account to buy new vehicles.
The amount of offerings made by devotees and pilgrims to Sikh holy places and Gurdwaras across Pakistan is deposited in the account of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Regarding the purchase of these vehicles, several members of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee are also unaware as to when the approval to purchase the vehicles was given by whom.
Arshad Farid and Sardar Ramesh Singh, chairman of the Abandoned Waqf Property Board, were contacted several times regarding why they felt the need to buy new vehicles. And who approved it? But both personalities did not answer.
On the other hand, the sources of the Abandoned Waqf Property Board say that there is no legal and constitutional violation in the purchase of vehicles, vehicles have been purchased for the Parbandhak Committee before, the new vehicles are not for any individual but for the committee. have been purchased.
